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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Zhipeng Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Weston Blaine Griffin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ying Mao, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/4416 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the manufacture and use of a non-rigid breast compression paddle, such as a compression paddle having a mesh material forming the primary interface with patient tissue. In certain implementations, an automatic feedback driven approach may be used in conjunction with such a compression paddle for compressing breast tissue.